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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Tucson, AZ

August 22, 2005Cochise County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2005, 4:26 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 22, 2005, 4:26 PM MST (23:26 UTC)
Expired: Aug 22, 2005, 5:00 PM MST
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Tucson, AZ
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cochise County, AZ

The nearest sounding before it

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 91 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 47 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -183 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2651 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS55 KTWC 222327
SVRTWC
AZC003-230000-
/O.NEW.KTWC.SV.W.0113.050822T2326Z-050823T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
426 PM MST MON AUG 22 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SIERRA VISTA

* UNTIL 500 PM MST

* AT 410 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  SIERRA VISTA. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  CHARLESTON AND HEREFORD.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3166 11032 3147 11041 3139 11016 3160 11007

$$

WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS55 KTWC 222346
SVSTWC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
443 PM MST MON AUG 22 2005

AZC003-230000-
/O.CON.KTWC.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-050823T0000Z/
COCHISE AZ-
443 PM MST MON AUG 22 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM MST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY...

AT 430 PM MST...SATELLITE IMAGERY CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY 
PRECIPITATION.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER SIERRA VISTA AND MOVING 
EAST AT 10 MPH.

IN ADDITION TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD 
TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS 
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. 
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE 
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 3166 11032 3147 11041 3139 11016 3160 11007

$$

WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

000 
WWUS55 KTWC 230000
SVSTWC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
456 PM MST MON AUG 22 2005

AZC003-230006-
/O.EXP.KTWC.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-050823T0000Z/
COCHISE AZ-
456 PM MST MON AUG 22 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 500 PM MST...

AT 455 PM MST...SATELLITE IMAGERY HAVE INDICATED STORMS HAVE 
WEAKENED AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 10 MPH. ALSO THERE HAVE BEEN NO 
REPORTS HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS. THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 

LAT...LON 3166 11032 3147 11041 3139 11016 3160 11007

$$

WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 22, 2:26 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise	64 min
Aug 22, 2:30 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	60 min
Aug 22, 3:04 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Pima	116 min
Aug 22, 3:21 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise	39 min
Aug 22, 3:36 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima, Santa Cruz	32 min
Aug 22, 4:03 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise	31 min
Aug 22, 4:29 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Cochise, Santa Cruz	61 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.